Upon hearing the news, Sylvia was stunned for a moment, then stood up from her chair and asked, "Really?"

Leo nodded and then briefly talked about the information from other continents that he saw in the black market archives.

After listening to this, Sylvia's face showed a look of contemplation. There is no doubt that this is definitely important news. The United Kingdom has always suspected that the black market has a secret channel to practice with other continents, but there has been no evidence.

Proof, and the black market side was extremely cooperative with the United Kingdom's request, leaving the United Kingdom without any reason to investigate this matter.

The intelligence data from other continents that Leo mentioned now is undoubtedly the best evidence, proving the previous suspicion. This is definitely a major event for the United Kingdom that can affect the policy of the entire kingdom.

If the United Kingdom can control this channel, then the United Kingdom can be said to control the foreign trade of the entire world of Velen. The profits contained in it are even more than the combined trade of the Kingdom of Sigmar and the Kingdom of Inger that control sea routes. With its abundant financial resources and resources

, the kingdom can definitely become stronger in a short period of time, and it is not impossible to even counterattack the empire and reunify the Velen continent in the future.

Thinking of this, Sylvia felt that she should do something, and plans emerged in her mind. Obviously, he intended to get the maximum benefit from this news.

However, when Sylvia was deep in thought and had a look of joy on her face, Leo poured cold water on her and said: "Although this news is worthy of action, it shouldn't be as valuable as you think."

value."

"Why do you say that?" Sylvia frowned and asked, "How much do you think I think it is worth?"

"Although this news is of some value, it will not change the overall strength of the United Kingdom." Leo easily saw through Sylvia's mind and said: "Judging from various circumstances, even if the black market has a way to safely

Pass through the gray fog passage, but there may be some restrictions on that passage, such as passing through

The items in the channel are within a certain weight range, and how long does it take each time the channel is used before it can be used again, etc. Therefore, the various materials transported by the black market channels may have some value to individuals, but to a country

For such a giant, the supplies transported each time are not enough to fill its teeth."

Sylvia was silent for a moment after hearing this, but then she said unconvinced: "How did you find out that there are restrictions on the passage?"

Leo looked at Sylvia and smiled, and asked calmly: "If I remember correctly, it was Rupert Fitz who negotiated with the black market and brought some of the black market forces into the alliance.

Within the kingdom system, and after that, it was reported that there might be a channel connecting the black market to other continents, and it quickly spread to the entire United Kingdom high-level officials, who do you think spread this news?"

Sylvia frowned and said: "Since Rupert Fitz already knew the existence of this passage, why did he..."

"I think it's because he doesn't see it," Leo quickly gave the answer, saying, "He doesn't see the benefits that this channel brings."

Sylvia raised her eyebrows with some dissatisfaction. Obviously, Leo's statement made her feel very uncomfortable. After all, Rupert Fitz looked down upon the interests that she just regarded as trying to influence the political situation of the entire Velen Continent.

It was like a big discovery, which made her look like a country girl who had never seen the market before.

"Actually, you can also take a share of this matter," Leo continued: "Since Rupert Fitz has taken away the piece of profit he wants, why do you have to be polite? This news is more or less

Although it is wrong to be able to get a share of the profits from the black market, I think it should be of some use to you."

Sylvia's expression softened a little when she heard this. She made a quick calculation in her mind. Just as Leo said, although it was impossible for her to get the benefits she wanted, she could still make a fuss out of this news.

Getting some benefits from the black market may not mean much to the country as a whole, but to her, it allows her to do a lot of things.

However, this process made her feel inexplicably disgusted, because it made her feel like she was picking up other people's leftovers.

In the following days, Sylvia dealt with the property harvested in Cabo City, and then took a train with Leo to leave Cabo City and head to her fiefdom in the United Kingdom, Randall.

"Don't you need to go to Lanxi?" On the train, Leo watched the servants secure the two little ones in the special cradle inside the carriage, and then asked Sylvia with some confusion.

"Why are you going to Lanxi?" Sylvia looked at Leo in confusion.

Leo said: "Work? Aren't you a government official of the United Kingdom?"

"It's good that I am an official, but I am a special kind of official. I don't have to stay in the office every day." Sylvia smiled and said: "My office is where I am, and my office is where I am."

If my subordinates can't even find me and give me the documents they need to handle, then they don't have to work under me anymore."

I don’t know whether it was the effect of her words or whether it was the original situation. Before the train started, dozens of documents were hurriedly delivered to the carriage and handed over to Sylvia for processing.

Leo did not disturb Sylvia's handling of the official documents, but sat by the car window and picked up a travel guide dedicated to Randall and started reading.

When the United Kingdom was established, many imperial nobles turned to join the United Kingdom. Although some of these nobles had higher titles than Sylvia at the time, they were only titled nobles or court nobles without any

Fiefdom, Sylvia is the only one in the empire

He had a fiefdom within his territory but joined the nobility of the United Kingdom, so King Philip gave Sylvia an entire city as his new fiefdom, and the area of ​​this fiefdom was five times the size of the Belmont family fiefdom. Sylvia also

He became one of the few nobles in the United Kingdom to own a fief.

However, the original granting of Randall to Sylvia as a fief still surprised many people, because Randall is not only the fourth largest fishing port in the United Kingdom, but also has an extremely long history and special status.

The royal family of the Kingdom of England had settled in Randall for a period of time before crossing the sea to the Inge Islands. It was also here that the royal family of England began to believe in Poseidon and drafted the first draft declaration of the founding of the Kingdom of England, so there are

People call Randall the starting place of the Kingdom of England.

After that, Randall has been controlled by the French royal family. Usually the second, third, and fourth heirs of the royal family are likely to be canonized as Prince Randall. This is why King Philip conferred Randall to Greece.

After Serbia, one of the most incredible reasons is that in the eyes of others, Randall would definitely become the exclusive fiefdom of the heir to the king of the United Kingdom under normal circumstances.

Although Landauer was originally built as a seaport city, its geographical location is not suitable for being a seaport. Even if a lot of manpower and material resources are invested, the port dock here is still not very big, and cargo ships usually do not choose Landauer.

As a key port, it prefers to walk some distance along the coastline to the next port before docking, so it gradually gave up the possibility of being a cargo port and instead specialized in fishing, converting all the docks into fishing boats.

The pier allows Randall to occupy a place among many seaside cities.

The reason why the French Empire at that time forcibly built such a location with an unfavorable geographical environment into a seaport city was mainly due to the influence of religion. This is one of the five sacred places of the Poseidon Church recorded in classics.

The God of the Sea once appeared here and enlightened the God of the Sea here.

Dagon, the first saint of the church, later walked on the coast of Velen Continent, creating a feat of walking around the coastline of Velen Continent. Then he used this feat to integrate the Poseidon Church, which was at the time of fragmentation, and established unity in Randall.

Poseidon Church, and he was buried in Randall after his death.

Because of this, the Poseidon Church spared no effort to persuade the French Empire at that time to transform Randall, a remote fishing village with an unfavorable geographical environment, into a seaport city. The first Poseidon Church Cathedral was built in Randall.

Not long after it became a seaport city, its construction was completed, so whether in the past or now, Randall is a devout believer in the Poseidon Church from top to bottom.

Although Randall is the holy land of the Poseidon Church, and the residents here are all devout believers of the Poseidon Church, their relationship with the Kingdom of England is not good.

This is mainly because the Yinge royal family claims to be the son of Poseidon and the descendant of Poseidon. In the eyes of Randall's fundamentalists of Poseidon Church, this move is completely blasphemous. When the Yinge Kingdom was first established, there was

People from the Poseidon Church proposed to form a fleet to fight over and kill those blasphemers.

However, a split occurred within the Poseidon Church in Randall because of the Royal Family of England. More than the general Poseidon Church church members and senior clergy recognized the identity of the Poseidon Son of the Kingdom of England, and believed that the Kingdom of Poseidon was the Church of Poseidon.

The best destination for them is that the Poseidon Church does not have to stay on the Velen Continent and compete with other churches for believers. They can all move to the Kingdom of Inge and use their relationship with the royal family to make the Church of Poseidon the only state religion in the Kingdom of Inge.

But those fundamentalist believers believe that blasphemy is blasphemy. Even if there are huge interests involved behind it, believers should not allow others to blaspheme the gods for the sake of these interests.

As a result, the Poseidon Church eventually split into two. Most of the Poseidon believers left Randall and went to the Kingdom of England, which eventually became the current Anglican Church and carried out a series of religious reforms. From the church

Classics recognize the royal family of England as the son of Poseidon.

The Poseidon Church who stayed in Randall still practiced the original doctrine of the Poseidon Church in the past. They regarded the Kingdom of England as an enemy and a heretic. They were willing to do anything that could have a negative impact on the Kingdom of England.

He believes that only in this way can he regain the attention of Poseidon.

So every time there is a war conflict between the French Empire and the Kingdom of England, the most enthusiastic people to sign up to join the army are always the Randalls. During the war, the people fighting on the front line are always the Randalls, so if

During the war between the French Empire and the Kingdom of England, there was suddenly no manpower, so Randall was willing to send enough people to participate in the war.

After seeing this, Leo returned the book to the title page and saw a line at the bottom of the title page, an important reminder for people in England to be careful when moving to Randall.

"I'm from England." Leo said to Sylvia who was still immersed in her work.

Sylvia was stunned, raised her head, looked at Leo for a while, and then said: "I know you are from England."

Leo picked up the Randall travel guide book in his hand and shook it.

Sylvia immediately understood what Leo meant and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, the train station is in the suburbs, and it takes a long carriage ride to get to Randall's city. And we don't live in the city, but in

Among the castles at Wanghaiya, it was a castle built by the British royal family. The style is somewhat similar to the castle style of the current British kingdom, so you should be very accustomed to living here."

Leo said nothing and continued to read the Randall travel guide in his hand.

Although Randall is a church and a holy place for a powerful church, they did not benefit from this because they did not use their advantages to carry out any activities in ocean exploration, exploration and commerce, and they adhered to the tradition from beginning to end.

fishery, which caused them to miss opportunities to encroach on ocean hegemony.

So to this day, the seaport city of Randall is no different from the scale when it was first built. At most, the pier has been renovated to accommodate the current fishing boats, and there are a few more casinos, theaters and nightclubs.

architecture.

In the travel guide, there are three Randall classics that are worth visiting. One is the Black Castle on Wanghai Cliff, the other is the original church and saint's tomb of the Poseidon Church, and the last one is not in the seaport city.

, but in the outer sea of ​​Randall Sea, a special stone island.

According to the tourist guide, the Poseidon Church will go out to sea to offer sacrifices during the annual Tide Festival. They will sacrifice the best catch of the year to the Poseidon. Their sacrificial ceremony is no different from the traditional Poseidon sacrificial ceremony.

, not worthy of too much attention, but really worth seeing

It was the place of sacrifice. At that time, there was a stone island composed entirely of hexagonal stone pillars. There was a megalithic palace on the island. The gate of the megalithic palace was a huge stone door. No one could open this stone door, and the Poseidon Church's

The sacrifice is on the altar in front of the stone gate.

In normal times, this stone island sinks to the depths of the sea that are inaccessible to ordinary people. It only rises to the surface on the day of sacrifice to accept sacrifices.
Chapter completed!